All error codes · Error code · EN 16931 (CEN)
BR-CO-16 Amount due doesn't add up
The amount due (BT-115) must be the total with VAT (BT-112) minus what was paid already (BT-113) plus rounding (BT-114). Final invoices after partial invoices are the usual suspects.
The rule's official text
Amount due for payment (BT-115) = Invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112) -Paid amount (BT-113) +Rounding amount (BT-114).
An error: the validator rejects the invoice, and recipients may refuse it.
What usually causes it
- The final invoice deducts the partial payments but doesn't give them as the paid amount (BT-113).
- The partial payments were entered as negative lines and deducted again in BT-113.
- An early payment discount was taken off the amount due; it belongs only in the payment terms (see BR-DE-18).
How to fix it
- Let the total with VAT (BT-112) be the invoice's full amount and put the payments received in BT-113. BT-115 is the rest.
- Pick one way to deduct partial payments and don't deduct them twice.
Where it sits in the XML
- UBL
cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:PayableAmount, cbc:PrepaidAmount- CII
ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:DuePayableAmount, ram:TotalPrepaidAmount
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